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- WEE35, GA.
Having obtained e. bor of T Z rEE of
- 7 -rRun:eter tiht of Louisville. Ga., which
-ssed o0.besse.of itching iles of fiv years'
---nd n.. I spent 50 for difrerent kinds of
remedies and the ski - of doa tors, all for ro
cood, until.I got the TrrzIrz. I am now
tre?- AC-ept tbanks." Yours, W. R. Kxso.
By mail for 50c in stamps by J. T. Shup
trl- Saa-nah. Ga.
-a The buman sponge is averse to teking
-- Water;
Beauty Ia Blood Deep.
Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar
te clean your blood and keep it clean, by
strris UP the lazy er and riving all im.
urites frou the bod . Begin to-ay to
baish pi'!, boils, blotcess, biarkheads,
and that sc biiious complefa by taking
Cascar -beauty for ten cents. All drug.
gist; satisf ction guaranteed, 10c, 25c,50c.
Art Is long when drawn out through the
netoseope.
To Curo a Cold in One Day.
Tako Lazativo Bromrs Quinins Tablets. All
Drggiste refund money ij it falls to cure. 25o.
- The weather never gets co'd enough to nip
the society bud.
3)ca't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your life Away.
- Tlo quit tobacco ea.sily and forever, be mag
cet:c. full of life, nerve ::nd vigor, take No-Ta
sac. the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 57c or *l. Cure guaran.
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
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A musiocan that can play all kinds of in
strumetIs beats the band.
Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervons
ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's ?regt
Nerve Restorer. trial bottle. " et'sefree
Dr. rch St., Phila., Pa.
It seems strange that the product of the
still should make men so noisy.
Lyon & C's "Pick Leaf" SntclngTo'acco
stands n ivalled for purity and ilavor. Made
from the purest, ripest and sweetest Tobacco.
it l please you. Try it
The baby in the cradle evidently thinks
this isa pretty rocky old world.
Zducate Your Bowels With Casearn
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
!c. 25c. If C. C. C. fall, druggists refund money.
A woman raves over her new bonnet and
her husband raves over the bill for it.
Mrs. W!nslow's Soothing Syrup forchildrea
teething, softens the gums, reducing inflams
tion,allays pain,cures wind colic, *5c.a bottle.
A headline reads, "Spain Looks for War.'
Well, can't she find it?
No-To-tae for Fifty Cents.
Guanteed tobacco hab{t cure. makes weah
menarong, blood pure. k0.&!. All druggists.
The'Crban junta seems disposed to play
"Cock o' the North" on Americn soil.
I have found Piso's Cure for Ccnsum$tion
an unfailing medicine.-F. R. Lorz, 13O Scott
St.. Covington, Ky., Oct. 1.1804.
Don't TRY to keep house without Blue
Ribbon Baking Powder. At all Grocers. B.
R. B. P. Company, Richmond, Virginia.
Kentucky reports another unfortunate
affair in which "a woman was shot in the
fracas."
To Cure Ccustlpatiou Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathsrtic. 1oc cr 25e.
C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund moey.
Presidnt ?McKinley prefers playing a wait
-_ Smokoedg iaeta
The Kansas Cit Journal wrote of the "Be
ginning of the Ed" before 'we had reached
the end of the beginning.
ST. VITUS' DANCE, .SPASMS and anl ier
vous diseases permanentlycred by the use of
FREE" $1.03 trial bottle and.trese to Dr,~ R. 1
H. Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch Street, Phila., Pa.
Mount St. Helena Ls abont to erupt. Well,
that's about all the pyrotechnics "the coast"]
will have a chance to see.
We offer One .Htundred Doll ir t Reward for
any ca-e of Catarrh that oannot b.: cured by I
Hall's Catarrh Care.
F.3J. CHENEY & Co., Pr ops., Toledo, 0.
We. the undersigned, have known F. 3. Che
ney for the la't .15 years. and believe him per
f ectly honorAble in all business trantactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-.
tion m -de by their firm.
Was:r & TrcAX,Whoh:alie Druggis:s, Toledo,
-Oh o.
WALDIso. KnsrA.4 & MAnVIy, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, Ohio. -
Hall's Catarrh Core is taken intern.ally. i'ct
lng directly-upon the blood and mucons sur
laces of the sys-tem. Ps ica, 75c. po:- bottle. Sold
by aRl Dr ugg:sts: Testimonials free. '
Hall's Famil y Pins are the best.
This Spring ?
*Tired, nervous?
Can't get rested?
Tortured with boils, humors?.
Thit is not strange. Impurities have
been accumulating in your blood during
winter and' it has becomo impoverished.
This is the experience of most people.
Therefore thef take Hood's Sarsaparfila E
:to purify their blood in spring.
"My daughter was run down and tired
while in school, and I have been giving ,
'her Hood's Brsape.rillia, which has puri
eher blood and built her up, and she is
'now getting well'and strong. Ihave taken
~Hood's Sarsaparilla myself with excellent '
r
rsultp, and whrenever we have any littles
~al1ment we resort to this medicine. It t
keeps me in good health anid good spirits,c
and makes meo feel younger. My husband
- phas been taking Hood's Pills, and says he
*never found any he ]lkea as well." Hns. 's
yaNNE .PF.ABZGItAF, 424 Warren Street,1
New York, N. Y. Riemember t
o S parilla
Is America's Greatest Medicine. Sold by
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-- , M - e arethe only Pills to take i
ond t5 iks with Hood's Sarsaparinla. c
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-' Gh~8WX$aRALL AlL . -
Conet eah sunp Tases Good. Use - I
THE A"
0, let us be glad that only the earth
Beneath us lies frozen and cold;
That still the days find beautiful birtb,
Through orient gates o! gold;
1hat .still above us the fathomless
blae,
O'erarches t!:e dazzling light;
That still the stars shind tender and
true.
Through the infinite depths of nigIg,
THE LoQ
Ey WILLL.
HE colonel, the pro
fessor and young
- yack Hawley were
seated around the
table in a bay win
dow of the club
dining-room, over
their after-dinner 1
coffee.
The dinner had
been excellent, -ad
the Pid colonel, as
the guest of the
evening, was feel
ing psarticularly
genial, as he drew a handful of change
from out his trousers' pocket in order
to reward the attentions of the waiter.
As he did so the quick eye of th0
professor took note of a silver piece
considerably larger than a dollar.
"That's a curious coin, colonel," he
remarked, leaning forward over the
table.
"That's a Louis," said the colonel,
picking it out from the other coins in
his hand and passing it over to the
professor.
"I always imagined that a 'Louis'
was a gold piece," remarked young
Jack Hawley.
"They are generally gold," replied
the colonel; "but evidently some sil
ver Louis were coined, f r here is
one.''
"I have never seen nor heard of one
before," said the professor, looking
with interest at the large, clumsy coin,
with the heavy countenance of Louis
XVI., and under it the date 1776. "I
suppose this must be both rare and
valuable."
"I prize it more highly because of
the wonderful coincidence connected I
with it;" replied the colonel. I
"Let's hear it," said young Hawley. t
"Well," when I was a lad," began!
the colonel, leaning back in his chair i
ind lighting a cigar. "Such a long
lime ago that your grandfather, Jack,
was at school at the time and the pro- a
.essor's father was probably wearing r
kilts."
"Oh, hardly as long as that," inter
rupted the professor, laughing, ''Tm ~
>ver forty-six myself; you'll make
nake yourself eighty at that rate." J
"Well; that would not be so far out C
>f the .way; I was seventy-four last! V
nonth." And the old colonel stroked f
iis white goatee complacently, for he
lid not look a day over sixty-five. "It d
vas when I was a of .eighteen, 2
a r, coin frtcame in my pos
ession.' At that time, as you know, 1
great many Spanish, Mexican and i
french coins were in circulation in IP
his country, an'd I took this one in o:0
ny wages. The face of the unfortun- '3
ste French monarch rather took my
ancy, and I kept it for a pdeket piece. s
3ut before I go any further I want to a
sk whether either of you gentl.emen s5
ee any marked peculiarity about this
oin?" And the colonel tossed it d
ipon the table. P
The professor examined it closely. io
'I notice that it bears the date of b
terican independence," he said, a
"Well, that's hardly a peculiarity. C.
'here were doubtless others minted in
he,same year." - tl
"I don't see anything else." c
The colonel smiled. "Well, there t1
s, and I'll let you endearor to find
Sout while I tell you the history. ri
"In the year 18453 I went to Mex- sc
eo. Silver mining was what I went h:
bere for, but I did about everything hi
eforo I left the country, and ended wv
y going into Taylor's army when the c;
var broke out.
"One day I was seated in a gaming
ouse at Saltillo. .Oh, I wcs wild te
nough in those days, Jack Hawley,
nd hardly a week passed that Dave V
iranston - and Pedro Blanco (they 0
rere my two partners), and I did not a:
ome into town foi a little game of c
brisca.'
"Well, on this day-ever to be Ih
eembered by me as the last time I a
at down to a game of chance where je
he stakes were money"-here the h:
olonel took a long pull at his cigar ai
ud expelled the smoke slowly-"I s
as having a particularly hard run of it
ack and lost so rapidly that in less
han. an hour after first sitting down
was cleaned out. ~I had not had si
early enough excitement for my tI
oney, and wanted badly to keep on b
laying. Searching all my pockets in
he hope of finding a stray coin I drew n,
ut this Louis, which I had carried for
ver four years. The thought at once C
ashed through my mind that per
aps on this piece my luck would h
hange, and I might retrieve my shat- n
ered fortunes. S3o I tossed it on the
able and took another hand at the n
"And not only won.back your los- ci
ngs, but such a large sum in addition tl
hat you wisely resolved never to tl
emnpt your luck again," interrupted s<
oung Hawley. f
"Inside of five minutes," said the
alonel impressively, "I arose from
hat table, having lost this piece andci
iverything of value that I possessed,
own to the silver mounting on my t,
iorse's bridle, and I would have n
taked the horse himself had not Dave d
3ranston and Pedro dragged me away
rom the table, and putting me on the
nimal's back, rode off with me be-1
ween them to our camp. I'm not go
ng to read you a lecture on the im
norality of gambling, young Hawley.
ior lengthen out this story with an ac- a
~ount of my life in Mexico. Suffice it
o say that I kept my resolution in re-;e
ard to gaming, and whatever fortune
[ have made was not amassed in Mex-! d
can mines.
"I suppose you'gothtiis piece backg
yy purchasing it from the winner,"
emarked the professor, dropping it il
>n the table and putting down his ear t
o listen to the ring. e
"'To my great chagrin he left Sal-a
R TIMES
0, let is be glad that only the snow
Lies white as a winding sheet;
That the heart of the earth has warmth
and glow;
And strongly her life-pulses beat;
That soon shall her fires awaken and set
Each nerve of nature a-tsriil,
And brimming with beauty the earth shall
forget
That long she lay silent and chill.
-Dart Fairthorne, in Vick's Miagazine
T.. Louis.
a SA GE.\/
tillo that same afternoon, and I never
set eyes on him again."
"Indeed! Then how in the world
did you regain possession of it?"
"Forty years later," said Lthe col
onel slowly.
"Phew," whistled young Hawley,
under his breath.
"I was sojourning for a few days in
a small town in Southern Spain.
Passing through a narrow street one
afternoon on my way back to the
hotel. I chanced to stop, as any one
might, to look into the window of a
dealer in curios, and the first object
that caught my eye was this identical
coin. Now, I know that this sounds
inciedible. I, myself, at first thought
it was merely a coin of the same de
aomin-ation and date, but imagine my
surprise when, upon going in and ex
imining it closely I discovered that it
was the very same Louis that I had
Lost at play in Saltillo so many years
igo. I gladly paid the shopkeeper
six pesos for it, and I have carried it
n my pocket ever since."
Here the colonel stopped.
"Is that all?" inquired young
Eawley.
"That is all, except that I will nor
proceed to show you----"
"Will you permit me to take a look
tt the coin?" The speaker who inter
upted them had risen from a table in
he adjoining alcove and-now stood at
he professor's elbow. He looked
ome years older than the colonel, his
tair was white and he leaned upon a
teavy cane, one leg being decidedly
ame.
"I'm Major Tracer; I overheard
art of your conversation as I sat at
ay table there, and I was so interested
hat I could not refrain from coming
ver and, at the risk of intruding, tak
ng a part in it."
"No intrusion at all, sir. One old
oldier is always glad to make the
equaintance of another, and your
Lame, major, is known to every veter
n of the Mexican War. Permit me
o introduce my friends, Professor
aangton and Mr. Hawley."
"The colonel has just b)een 'enter
lining us with a remarkable account
f the io.ss and subsequent recovery of
his piece of money," said the pro.
assor;'handing the coin to the major.
"Siventeen seventy-six-the same
ate,? said the major half to-imself.
'hen'. utting the coin on .1e table he
all int exactly ove ef
Sth,e word Louis, a hair's breadth
omn the edge, he gave a sharp, quick
ressure and the-face of the coin flew
pen as though on a spring. With an
eclamation of surprise the professor
>ok it and inspected it closely. Some
tilled workman had cut it open all
round the milled edge and fitted a
>ring inside, just und.er the letter
0." So nicely had the work been
ahe that when closed it was not ap
irent to the naked eye. When
sened, it was seen that a groove had
een. hollowed through the inside
>out an inch and a half long and one
ghth of an inch wide.
"By all the powers, how comes it
at you knew that secret?" cried the
>lonel, dumbfounded, as the major
rew the fruit knif;a back on the table.
Without answering the question di
etly, the major took the other old
>dier by the hand and, looking into
~s eyes with a peculiar expression on
s face, asked: "Were you the man
ho did that delicate piece of mechani
l work?"
"I was."
"Tell me what on earth induced you
Sdo it?"
"For the life of me I can't say.
That induces people to make baskets
it of cherry pits, lockets out of hair
id the thousand and one little gim
-aks that are always being made? I
as a skillful workman, and in an idle
>ur I took up this coin, cut it open
id fitted it with a spring. There is
st one way to open it. You must
ve had the piece in your possession
one time and stumbled upon the
cret. I put something in that cavity
the centre-did you take it out?"
"I did."
The major drew up 'a chair and
retched his stiff leg out uder the
ble comfortably. "In 1847," he
agan, looking fixedly at the colonel,
I was also in Mexico." The colonel
added and handed the major a cigar.
Thanks. I was with Scott at Vera
"And I," said the colonel, giving
im a light, "was with Taylor in the
rthern part of the country."
"Having lived in Mexico for a
umber of years previous to the war,"
yntinued the major. lighting his
gar, "and speaking the language of
ie country, I was more valuable in
te secret service than is the field,
>I was," here he puffed on the cigar
r a few seconds to get it well lighted
a scout."
"I understand," ar.l the colonel
odded again.
"The American army took up quar
irs at Jalapa, where I left them, and
ade a detour towards the south,. to
iscover a suitable route by which our
>rees could approach the City of
[exico, and avoid the fortifications
cd ambuscades which General Santa
:na had provided for their reception.
had been most successful, and had
eached Molino del Rey, a small town;
most in the shadow of the walls of
[exico City, when I was captured by
ie.Mlexicans and thrown into the jail
>await trial as a spy. Im:igine my
espair. I had every inch .of- the
round from Jalapa carefully photo-j
raphedi in my brain. Conld furnish
cott with information of the greatest
nortance, and here I was jugged in
iat little, mniserable Mlexican jai with.
very prospect of being condemned to
ath, and nn possible way of getting
art of my valuable infoimation
t e ears of th4 general;
on will, of course, surmise that
t first thing I had done on being
alone in my cell was to examine i
e y avenue of possible escape. My
r was ten by twelve. There was
i a table, one chair and a pallet of
s . One small iron barred win
d looking out on the prison yard
b ath, furnished what light there
w The bars were half an inch in
ter, and firmly set in the
. Using . all my strength I
co not budge them. I was not,
h era kept long in suspense:. On
th ternoon of the-second day I was
t out, tried, found guilty, and
C ed to be shot at sunrise on
th j'following-that is, within fli
te ours.
my return to the hot, badly
air cell with the stunning effect of
m ntence benumbing my brain, I
sat stlessly down by the table and
all d my head to rest in the hollow
of. hands. My attitude of dejec
Stio appealed to the sergeant who
bro ht me in, for placing his hand on
my houlder he asked if there was
not g he could do for me. I shook
my .. 'There are some very nice
gra -in the market place outside;'
he d persuasively. The sound of the
wor 'grapes' recalled to my mind how
par d the roof of mymouth was, so I
tha d him, and said I should enjoy
a fe I handed him a half eagle,
whi my captors had overlooked
whe they took everything else of
valu 'from me. In less than five
min s he was back with a basket of
delic us-looking fruit, which he
pla on the table at my elbow, and
offer . me the change. I motioned
him keep it, saying that he could
spen 't to better advantage than I.
He keted it with an expression on
his c tenauce intending to denote
co' eration, but he was such a
happ smiling-faced fellow that ,the
effect as rather comical. As he was
puttitj the change in his pocket one
of th4 larger coins slipped through
his fiters and striking the floor on its
edge ; circled about the room and
endedcy nestling on the straw at my
feet. {Actuated by a feeling of deli
cacy -he sergeant withdrew without
stoopg to pick it up, and hardly
notic' the occurrence I remained
seate4 at the table. After a short
time ulled myself together enough
to e .some grapes, and then com
men ato write a few lines to my''
frienc at home in the hopes that
throuli the kindness of my jailer,
who hid also furnished me with paper
and p'icil,they wculd some day reach
the hrnds for whom they were in
tendec As I finished writing my
eye ca'ht the glitter of the coin at my
feet. Iiicked it up and tossed it onto
the tahe before me. On looking at it
closer I noticed that it was a French
coin, .?t the head of' Louis XVL.
stamp4i upon it. This sent me off
into a4ther train of thought, and as
I muse-i I tapped mechanically on the
coin wih the point of my pencil,
thus," szad the major illustrated the
action with the fruit knife. "I must'
have s' 'ck a sharp, quick blow rightI
over thqetter 0, for all of a enddenj
btermy thumb and fing
going to the light could hardly b
my eyes when I saw that I held a tiny
file about an inch and a half in length,
with delieate sawteeth, which wei-e al
most in isible to the naked eye. The
next moment I was standing on my
stool at the window, experimenting on
the iron bar. The little instrument
was made of the hardest steel, and its
tiny teeth made some impression on
the iron. For half an hour I worked
away persistently, and by that time.
I had cut into the bar a little. Not
much,'to be sure, but s;till enough to
raise my hopes. It was only a ques
tion of timne and not being interrupted,
and I shuld be through that window.
I worked away like a beaver. T welve
hours to,.saw through two half-inch
bars. L had read of men who, with
files mi e with watch-springs, had cut
their wy to liberty through iron bolts
and bars, or with no other tool than
the blade of of a penknife had dug
through a dozen feet of stone and
mortar to the daylight beyond; but
these men had taken weeks and
months to complete their task, while
I had just one short summer night
The heat was, intense, and what with
the exercise and the constant fear of
interruption, the perspiration rolled
in great drops from my brow. I had
been at work, as it seemed to me,
about two- hours, and had cut
half through the first bar, when I was
startled by the rattle of a key in the
lockbehindme. Like an antelope Iwas
away from the window, and by the
time the door swung open I was seated
on my stool at the table with my face
down and my hands clapsed about my
head. A soldier entered the cell with
a lantern which he held above my
head. I did not move. He placed
one hand on my back. I could feel
my heart throbbing like an engine,
and I thought it must send a tremor
through my whole body, which he
could not help noticing,but he merely
comm.ented upon the perspiration
which drenched my shirt. I had
taken off my coat in order to work
more fraely. Stretehing out my arms
and yawning, as if .thad just awakened,
I looked up dully. It was not the
same fellow who had gotten me the
grapes. 'Have you come for nie?' I
inquired, blinking at the lantern.
"'O)h, no; it is only two o'clock.'
'''T wo o'clock!' I cried inwardly,
'In two hours it will be day, aud I
have not cut through one bar yet.'
"'I thought I heard a rat gnawing
in here and I came in to drive it away.
The place is full oi them, and they
steal the prisoners' bread if they are
foolish enough to go to sleep leaving
any food uneaten.'
"Then he stepped to the window. I
clutched the edge of the table tightly
and turned slowly on my stool. He
took hold of one of the bars-and the
one I had been sawing-and looked
out. I do not know to this day
whether he discovered my work; but
I could, afford to take no risk, sol
stepping"up behind him I drew him
over backward onto the table. He
did not- cry out, for my fingers on
his throat prevented. He - was
as a baby in my hands, and in
a inoment I had him bound,.
pagged and lying on my straw. Tak
iig a pistol from his - belt I made a
sign to him that if he moved or made
the slihiblst attempt to give the alarm
iiould be his last act. In all my
eici ement- at the eitrance of the sol
dier I had found time to replace th4
file in the coin and put the whole
' into my pocket. I now had rea
ston o curse this carelessness, for I
did ot know how to open The piece
.gai. I knew I had stumbled on it
essing a spring near the edge,
by 'ast where I could not teli. Tak
i up my pencil I went carefully
ao the rim. I must have missed it
the :rst and second times round, but
the -id time on striking, as I then
not^ i exactly over the letter '0,' the
LO ;s flew open again. Ten precious
m" tes had beei lost; and I set to
wor with desperate energy. The
fart er I cut into the bar the slower
the work went, and I also bad
to conduct my operations with
one ye on the Mexican, He did not
mo , but lay there watching me ont
of s large, dark eyes, wonderingly;
e ly two hours passed thus when
the aint twittering of a bird warned
me of approaching day. I had not
dni hed the first bar. I seemed to be
me -ng no progress at all now. Once
the little file had slipped from,my
gi rs and fallen to the floor, where I
had been obliged to grope for it, and
the constant fear lest it should slip
- and fall outside made me doubly
cau 'ous and slow. As the first streal}s
of r d tinged the eastern sky the roll
of e drum in the guard room beneath
told me that the sentries were about
to a changed. Exerting all my
str1 gth I wrenched the bar free at
bottom and bent it inward and
~p rd like a hook. The aperture
thu made was small, but-still I might
squ eze through. The remembrance
as a boy, I used to' crawl into
barn at home through a small
ow from which a pane of glass
ad een knocked, came to my mind
n nragingly. Snatching up the
pis I I pushed the table under 1:he
ow, and, jumping upon it, began,
Efirst, to work myself through the
aol , I was about the same size all the
a p in those days"-here the major
Loo d rather regretfully at sthe pres
s enerous proportions of his waist
ow "but when I had gotten half
a through I stuck fast. Just at
hi moment I heard voices at the
3- and a key grate in. the lock.
lh had some difficulty in unlocking
t or I had left the key in the lock on
side. Meanwhile I struggled
- antly, but the more I itriggled the
ter I seemed to get wedged in the
dow, and the blood surged up into
ny head with splitting violence.
n e I was, caught in my own trap,
va ng my legs about and striking
he against the wall on the outside.
The key on my side of the door
ell to the floor, and the key on the
>th r side turned in the lock. I
al d out as menacingly as my lack of
>re 'th would permit: 'The first who
nt rs will be shot dead.' Here I
av a tremendous squirm. 'I have
vpowered the sentry (wriggle), and
~.his* pistol.' The click of my
ron carried conviction with it, for
he en in the corridor paused. *By
suerhuman effort I drew myself a
ittl toward the inside of the room,
, etting one a t side, managed
,having son the' ragged
p of iron, prevented me for a
ent from dropping to the
- boneath. A sentry on the
ri on wall spied me at this
nn ture and firedis musket. It was
.is ast shot, for as his ball strnck the
no tar from the wall near me I raised
:ny istol and picked him off his perch.
[e ~ go my hold. There was a soft
u1 of ripping flannel, and I fell to
he round. .I was upon my feet and
we the wall like a cat.- As I leaped
a v ley of shot followed me, and the
sold .ers poured out of the jail in pur -
mit there were some horses tied in
ro of the postofice opposite, and
re- ing the tether of one of them I
was on his back and away up the street
in a flash. It was only an eighth of a
ile long. You know how these little
dcan towns are built. Padmn
um eigned there for about ten see
>,and then I was off towards the
no tains. A dozen men were after
ne ..full chase, but they never came
with 'n shooting distance again. You
ee, I knew the country even better
tha they, having been sconting in it
for eeks. I made my way back to our
ine with all possible dispatch, avoid
Lng ny encounter. with the natives.
"'hen I finally reached the Ameri
Son riny I found that Scott had given
ap a idea of seeing me again, and was.
rep ring to press forward to the at
back
"n the 18th of August our forces
ver ishelling the City of Mexico from!
the- vry town of Molino del Rey, and:
n th~ 19th we took the city itself by~
assa It.
"I wanted to have a hand at whip
ping anta Anna, so took part in the
hare and received a wound in the
leg irich resulted in this." Tha
majo4- stuck out his left leg from un
der ti e table. "Cork, sir!
" hat, gentlemen, is how I come to
knov how to open this remarkable
oin "L'
Th n drawing a fat wallet fr.om his
inside vest pocket he fished out from
its r .esses something folded in what
lisad ce been white paper, now dark
with ge. Un'wrapping,.it he disclosed
ti file, with delicate saw-teeth.
Fitt g the file into the cavity in .the
coin e handed it to the colonel, say
ing, as he did so: "Allow me to re
stor to you all your property.'' But
the 1 tter refused it. "No, major, I
thin it should belong to you."
"ell, I should like to keep it
imemento, but in turn
you ust permit me to celebrate my
irst eeting with the man to whom I
am 'd<eeply indebted. by ordering a
bottl 6f -ehaniagne."
"W ith all my heart," said the genial
colon4i.
d now," continued the major,
after he ariivil of the wine, as he
illed he 'glasses around, "I want to
ask y u again: What induced you to
puta le, of all things, into the centre
of coin after cutting it open?"'
"d I can only say," replied thie
colo , "that it was because that lit
tle fi happened to be lying on my
wor le near a.t band. It was the
mer chance."
"Iwas a lucky chance for me,"
said a major, devoutly, as' he raised
his ass. "otherwise I should not
have ad the pleasure of drinking your
very good health to-day."--Short
he cass ar mysepusi.
From tie.&publfcan B ar-1t Penaa,
4The primary cause of dyspepsia islac 1
vitlity; tile absence of nerve force; the loss
of,the life-snstaini letnents of the blood.
No organ can properly peiorn3 i t$ funo
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When the stomach is robbed of the nourish
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ceases, unnatural gasesire iferat. ; the
entire system responds to the disco.
A praetlcal illustration of. the symptoms
and torture of dyspepsia-Is farnished by
the ease of Joseph T. Vandyke, 440 Hickory
St., Scranton, Pa..
In telling his story, Mr. Vandyke says:
"Five years ago I was afflicted with a
trouble of the stomach,
which was very aggravat- -
leg. I had no appetite, .
could no! ejoy myself at
any time, and especially
was the trouble severe
when I awoke in the morn
ig. I did not know what
the ailment was, but It be
came staidily worse and I
was in constant misery f
"I called in my family
physician, and ho ding
nosed the case as datarrh - - -
of the stomach. He pro
scribed for me and t had
his prescription filled. I -In Misery.
took nearly all of the medicine, but still
the trouble became worse, and I'.elt that
my condition was hopeless. I triedseveral
ramedies recommended by my friends but
without benefit. After I hadbeen suffering
s*veral months, Thomas Campbell, also a
resident of this city urged me to try Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
"Ho finally persuaded me to buy a box
and I began to use the pills according to
directions. Before I had taken the second
box I began-to feel relieved, and after tak
ing a few more bores. I considered myself
restored to health.. The pills gave me new
life, strength, ambition and happiness."
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A BuE.BLOODED GAMBLER.
Lady Tatton tykes, an English "Plun
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Thie attention of -Englishmen, and
Americans as well, has lately been held.
by the sensational suit of ,Tay, a Lon
don money lendler, against . Tatton
Sykes, a rich old Yorkshire baronet.
The money lender sued to recover $30,
000, which he had loaned to Lady -Tat
ton Sykes, on notes to which the bar
onet's name was attached. On the trial
the latter swore that he had not signed
the .notes, but that his -wife had been
guilty of forgery.
The revelations on the trial of her
lady'ship's ca.reer as a high gambler
amazed all England. She is known at
Monte Carlo, and people who make. a
profession of betting on hoi-se races
have come into possession of much of
her money. 'She piays bacarrat. She
likes to buy $80,000 race winners and
she is "eccentric" in many more ways.
When Lord Sykes marri.ed her she'was
a popular woman. The third duke of
Portland was her great-grandfather.
The present duke is her dousin. Her
aged husband has a rent roll. of $500,
000. 'Lady Sykes wanted money to play
cards and the baronet gave her plenty
Iot It. but finally protested. Lady
Sykes declared that her husband en
LAYTTo/sKs
couagd er o amleandshre i
er prft,bt/rfsdt shr e
1oss<h" sy h il u i o
Thise hiery togableoanpd hreei
risits to this country. She was re
ceived withb open arms by New York's
best society, but her manners were too
astounding even for the four- hundred,
and on her third visit she was left
alone.
Even Worse than Death.
Jack Potts-Wlit will you charge to
make a good .tqut poker trunk? .
Trnmaker-What do you mean byv
"poker" trunk7. fu
Jack Potts--One that holds -fu
trays.I
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My Uusbndwas
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SlckDraBht."
I- think the AP
Sixumons Medi ci '
so far Supeiorthat
.1 .oo pcagof it is
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insufficienf Mensb' ioff- ,
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vents nature from overcoming any anosos
exposure,ch 'right feet,
Dr. Simmons Squaw VIn
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Dr. X. A..Simmons LiVer s c "rc y
thecpain Aation heda
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WhiOhare sually presemt ;
ao used 4 .. Si n
mona Liver Wedicino 15
-Cars. I. cnredmOf
d, Liver,Is.
lervons=nb and :
icesnesa.: 't GTd.2f '
W ife of a gemae .Com - ,
iant. My -two AnatA s
^44 been ba= ,.
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Thisdoe rmtdie aCin
K engment in the ivrand ita k ~ 3
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otton,
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will increase the crop and&irr
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